idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
Wheel arrangement on the locomotive.
The "Northern" type had 4 lead wheels under the front, 8 drive wheels to propel the locomotive and 4 trailing wheels to support the fire box and cab.
see here:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whyte_notation
Was great seeing a huge engine coming to life and puffing steam. Would like to see one in retirement, but unlikely unless I win a lottery
nice find Brian, :thumbup:
we visited Bressingham (Norwich - UK) a few years ago and saw this German loco
Kriegslok German locomotive
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Kriegslok German locomotive
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Kriegslok German locomotive view from the cab
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Kriegslok locomotive was in a film
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idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
The number on 'bogie wheels and the number of 'Driving wheels.
Thus 4-8-4 means 4 'Bogies in front, 8 'Driving wheels and 4 'bogie wheels following.
Very impressive. And a beautiful engine. Thanks.
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I wonder if the loco is still running or in a museum?
Like the last of the good ol' puffer trains
I'm the last of the blood and sweat brigade
And I don't know where l'm going, or why I came
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
I'm the last of the good old renegades
All my friends are all middle class and gray
But I live in a museum, so l'm okay
I'm the last of the good old fashioned steam-powered trains
Ray Davies - The Kinks - Last of the Steam-powered Trains
Peter
Something I couldn't help noticing was the near-total lack of safety gear in the shop. Cloth caps or fedoras. No safety glasses. A welder with no mask. I bet there were no steel-toed boots in 1928. Watching those guys with the trip hammer with no more protection than aprons and (some) gloves... my heart rate went up! :shock: :XD: Amazing piece of footage! Thanks!
idaholover wrote:
What does the 4-8-4 and 4-6-4 designate?
According to Wikipedia:
"Under the Whyte notation for the classification of steam locomotives, 4-8-4 represents the wheel arrangement of four leading wheels on two axles, usually in a leading truck, eight powered and coupled driving wheels on four axles, and four trailing wheels on two axles, usually in a trailing truck. The type was first used by the Northern Pacific Railway and is consequently most commonly known as a Northern."
Thanks becheary, great video. Makes me wish I would have filmed some of our work in the car shops. In the early 70's we were still rebuilding wrecked cars with forges and tossing white hot rivets from forge to tin bucket, grab um' with tongs, air drivers to push them thru the lined holes and buck them with air riveters. Also, no hard hats, steel toes, safety glasses, we usually wore cotton gloves because we couldn't afford leather ones. Amazing video, thanks for sharing.....P.S my boss would have told me to go home if I pulled out a camera in those days....wish we would have had P&S cameras then---
This is just how the large diesel engines were made where I was apprentice. There was a foundry where the casting was done. The pattern makers made the wooden moulds for the foundry. The machine shop had a planer exactly like the one in tbe video. Everything was made on site from nuts and bolts to the huge engine blocks. Sadly the market for large marine engines became weak and the company went bust. But what an engineering grounding I got,it stood me in good stead for the rest of my life. Thanks for the video it brought back so many memorkes
Great video, thanks for sharing.
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